Monthly Archives: September 2012

With only six Eredivisie matches played, it is still very early days to be attempting to draw conclusions but Dutch TV described FC Utrecht’s start to the season as surprising and I thought it would be interesting to use my … Continue reading →

For those of us who grew up with the FA Cup and its great romantic nature with endless replays, the third round in January, extensive all day coverage of the final etc, the KNVB Beker (Dutch Cup) comes as a … Continue reading →

This week is cup week in much of Europe, and here in the Netherlands the professional clubs from the Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie will play their first KNVB Beker matches of the season. A cup competition is probably the best … Continue reading →

The simple expected points model which I talked about in an earlier post here also provides the possibility to objectively assess what the biggest surprises of the season are in the league under investigation. Currently, after 54 Eredivisie matches, there have … Continue reading →

The definition of luck is ‘success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one’s own actions’. The draw for the groups to qualify for the 2014 World Cup was made more than a year ago, nearly four months … Continue reading →

I received the following tweet from @11tegen11 after Friday evening’s 2-0 victory for the Netherlands against Turkey: Making conclusions on the match purely from that scoreline would indeed be scoreboard journalism for reasons better explained on 11tegen11’s excellent tactics blog. … Continue reading →

One of my aims in beginning this blog was to bring the Eredivisie to a wider audience by convincing my readers from outside the Netherlands that the Dutch league is a competition worth watching. In order to achieve this, I … Continue reading →